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For a few glorious weeks each summer, Saratoga celebrates horses bred to run. Speed is admired. Racing is encouraged. Thousands arrive hoping to watch...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 9, 2026
The Reflecting Pool opened on the National Mall in 1922, linking the monuments that honor Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The pool serves as...
The odds are Republicans will lose control of the House in the coming midterms — for five reasons: 1. their current majority is so narrow that...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 8, 2026
A few years ago, I met Kat Fitzpatrick, a very special person with a special story. Kat grew up in Vietnam during the war with her family; it...
It is reassuring to see so many county residents stand in opposition to the powers in Rensselaer County that are and will forever be on the wrong side...
“David Hearn paddles through DOJ files.” (Jeff Koterba via CagleCartoons.com) “Costly gas, costly food.” (Christopher Weyant,...
Once upon a time, there was a man named Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, but nobody called him that because it was a nuisance to...
I can’t imagine such a thing happening today: In the early ‘70s, when I was 10, my family left my baby sister Mary behind at the drive-in theater....
Cartoonist’s Take: August 7, 2026
“He chose not to run,” Michael Marlowe recalled of his son. Jake Marlowe was murdered at the now infamous Nova music festival in Israel on Oct. 7,...
Helicopter parents are getting worse. The Wall Street Journal reports that a growing number of Gen Z parents are actively intervening in their...
“Trump watches Olympic canoeist news” by Dave Granlund, via Cagle Cartoons. “Seeking tickets to safe country” by Bob Englehart, via Cagle...
In January, the New York Times asked President Donald Trump if there were any limits on his global powers. “Yeah,” the president responded,...
Cartoonist’s Take: August 5, 2026
I’ve been thinking about the Dunning-Kruger effect, and I’m pretty sure I’m an expert on it. For those of you that don’t know, the...
“Trump reaches to flip Iran war switch” by Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons. “Angry cloud blames Trump election” by Christopher Weyant, via Cagle...
Before President Trump’s second term, both political parties seemed to think the solution to making higher education more affordable was throwing...
I remember exactly where I was when I learned the first plane hit the Twin Towers. I was riding in a Durango headed south on Broad Street toward my...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Plaxico Burress, who once suited up for the New York state prison system, was asked which was worse,...
“Fauci pleads the fifth to GOP sharks” by Ed Wexler via Cagle Cartoons. “Man Requests Typewriter Ribbon Instead of Apps” by Harley Schwadron,...
Cartoonist’s Take: August
President Trump is kicking out about 350,000 Haitian immigrants who have lived here for many years, raising their children, paying their taxes and...
There will be funerals this week in Washington, D.C., and in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly from a heart condition on July...
I noticed the fraying bits and groaned. Another power cord turns into just another found-object art piece … made possible by the natural talents of...
In Part One of this series, I mentioned I lost two of my friends in Vietnam, brothers Steve and Stanley Barrett. Every veteran holds onto memories...
Andrew and Tristan Tate, the far-right social media influencers and self-described misogynists who command a following of young, angry men on the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Sacred Pause—the brief space we create so that we do not simply react. It is about stopping long enough to settle...
“Forever Words About A Forever War” by Ratt, PoliticalCartoons.com via Cagle Cartoons. “Trump third term bar conversation” by Chris Weyant,...
According to Cosmopolitan, the shag haircut of the 1970s has become all the rage in 2026. That makes me grumpy because I’m still upset about the...
In 1732, Benjamin Franklin began publishing “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” which “contained the wisdom of many ages and nations,” such as “it...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 30, 2026
Cartoonist’s Take: July 30, 2026
This past week was the 57th anniversary of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young woman who somehow found herself in a car driven by a drunk who just...
Here’s a question for you: If the Fraternal Order of Police were to plan a banquet, would it ever decide to invite, as its keynote speaker, someone...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 28, 2026
In Troy’s working-class neighborhoods, where iron factories used to roar, Vietnam wasn’t just a chapter in a history book; it was real life. For...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 24, 2026
Troy Jackson, the Maine Democratic Party prospective nominee for the Senate, is Graham Platner lite. Platner withdrew from the race to face incumbent...
“Count your blessings, name them one by one…” – Johnson Oatman, Jr. Unless you’re the parent or grandparent of a little chatterbox, you’ve...
Cartoonist’s Take: July 23, 2026
Vacation season is upon us, and nobody knows how to vacation better than our friends in Europe. Whereas many Americans settle for a weeklong summer...
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